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1、TheCleverLittleTailorOnce upon a time there was a princess who was ever so proud: if any man came to woo her she would set him a riddle, and if he couldnt guess it he was laughed to scorn and sent packing. She also had it made known that whoever did guess the answer to her riddle should marry her, n
2、o matter who he might be. And indeed, in the end it so happened that three tailors were making the attempt at the same time. The two eldest reckoned that as they had already successfully sewn many a delicate stitch, they could hardly go wrong and were bound to succeed here as well; the third was a f
3、eckless, giddy young fellow who didnt even know his trade properly but thought he was bound to have luck in this case, for if not, then what luck would he ever have in any other case. The two others said to him: Youd better just stay at home, you with your feather-brain wont get far. But the young t
4、ailor wouldnt be put off, saying that he had set his heart on this enterprise and would manage all right; and off he went, sauntering along as if the whole world belonged to him.So all three of them appeared before the princess and asked her to put her riddle to them: she would find, they said, that
5、 she had met her match this time, because their wits were so sharp that you could thread a needle with them. So the princess said: I have two kinds of hair on my head, what colours are they? Thats easy, said the first, I think theyre black and white, like the cloth they call pepper and salt. The pri
6、ncess said: Youve guessed wrong; let the second of you answer. So the second said: If its not black and white, then its brown and red like my respected fathers frock-coat. Wrong again, said the princess. Let the third of you answer, I can see he knows it for sure. So the young tailor stepped forward
7、 boldly and said: The princess has silver and gold hair on her head, and those are the two colours. When the princess heard that, she turned pale and nearly fainted away in alarm, for the young tailor had guessed right, and she had been convinced that no one in the world would be able to do so. When
8、 she had recovered herself she said: This still doesnt give you the right to marry me, theres something else you must do first. Down in the stable theres a bear, and you must spend the night with him. If youre still alive when I get up tomorrow morning, then you shall marry me. But she thought that
9、she would get rid of the young tailor in this way, because no one had ever got into this bears clutches and lived to tell the tale. But the young tailor wasnt to be daunted. Nothing venture, nothing win, he commented cheerfully.So that evening our young friend was taken down to the bears den. And su
10、re enough, the bear at once advanced on the little fellow, meaning to welcome him with a good swipe of his paw. Not so fast, not so fast, said the young tailor, Ill soon take the steam out of you. And in leisurely manner, as if he were quite unconcerned, he took some walnuts out of his pocket, crack
11、ed them open with his teeth and ate the kernels. When the bear saw this, his appetite was whetted and he wanted some nuts as well. The young tailor put his hand in his pocket and held out some to him: these, however, werent nuts but pebbles. The bear stuck them in his mouth, but couldnt crack a sing
12、le one of them, bite as he might. Goodness me, what a booby I am, thought the bear, I cant even crack nuts. And he said to the young tailor: Hey, crack these nuts for me! There now, what a fellow you are! said the tailor. A big muzzle like that and you cant even crack a little nut! And he took the s
13、tones, but nimbly put a nut into his mouth instead, and crack! He bit open the shell. I must try that again, said the bear. To look at you doing it, youd think Id find it easy. So the young tailor gave him another lot of pebbles, and the bear worked away at them, biting for dear life. But as you may
14、 imagine, they were more than he could crack. After this, the young tailor pulled out a fiddle from under his coat and began playing a tune on it. When the bear heard the music, he couldnt help himself and began to dance, and when hed danced for a little he found himself enjoying it so much that he
15、said to the tailor. Tell me, is it difficult to play the fiddle? Its childs play: look, my left hand fingers the strings, my right hand scrapes away at them with the bow, and out comes a merry noise, tralala. Then I could dance whenever I liked. What do you say to that? Will you give me lessons? Ill
16、 be delighted to, said the tailor, If you have the skill for it. but lets have a look at your paws: theyre a mighty length, Ill have to pare your nails down a bit. So a vice was fetched, and the bear held out his paws, but the young tailor screwed them in tightly and said: Now wait till I get the sc
17、issors. So saying, he left the bear to stand there and growl, lay down in the corner on a pile of straw and went to sleep.The princess, hearing the bear growl so loudly that night, assumed that he must be growling with satisfaction, having made an end of the tailor. In the morning she got up feeling
18、 very pleased and not worried at all, but when she took a look at the stable there was the young tailor standing outside it cock-a-hoop and safe and sound. So then there was nothing more she could say, because shed publicly promised to marry him; and the king sent for a carriage to take her and the tailor to church to be married. As they drove off, the other two tailors, who were false-hearted and envied him his good fortune, went into the stable and unscrewed the bear. The bear in a great ra
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